Movies and TvShows featuring "illegal-activities" theme.
The Sopranos follows mobster Tony Soprano as he juggles the demands of his criminal organization with the challenges of his dysfunctional family life. He seeks help from a psychiatrist, deals with personal and professional conflicts, and navigates the world of the Italian-American mafia in New Jersey. The show explores themes of violence, family relationships, and the impact of Tony's disturbed childhood on his behavior.
Naked City is a TV show that follows the lives of police detectives in New York City as they deal with various crimes and illegal activities. The show explores the dark side of the city and the challenges faced by the dedicated police officers.
Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. It was the basis for the BBC show Crimewatch, the Dutch show Opsporing Verzocht and its US equivalent America's Most Wanted. The goal of the programme is to throw light on unsolved offences with the aid of viewers. Each episode contains three to five short films, each lasting about ten minutes, in which a real criminal case is reconstructed. The cases are mostly complex ones in which the criminals and chains of events are still unknown. In addition cases are discussed in the studio in which, for example, the identities of criminals or unknown murder victims are sought with the aid of a photo. Viewers can use the telephone or Internet to give information. According to a study by the programme's editorial department, about forty percent of cases shown on the programme are solved.
Set in Berlin during the 1920s, Babylon Berlin follows a police detective investigating illegal activities amidst rising Nazism and drug addiction. As he delves deeper into a web of conspiracy, he uncovers a dark underworld of organized crime and political intrigue, all while navigating a city on the edge of chaos.
Maria Wern is a Swedish crime drama TV show featuring a female police officer who solves crimes on an island. The series focuses on criminality in Sweden and explores illegal activities. The show is based on a novel and follows the life of Maria Wern, the strong and determined female protagonist.
Scarface tells the story of Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who becomes a powerful and ruthless drug lord in Miami during the 1980s. He builds a cocaine empire but eventually succumbs to his own self-destructive behavior and violent lifestyle.
A seventeen-year-old Italian boy, Calogero, is torn between his hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss in the 1960s Bronx. As he navigates this environment, Calogero experiences a coming-of-age journey filled with loyalty, violence, and the struggle to understand his place in the world.
A real-life look into FBI agents’ high-pressure world with never-before-seen surveillance video, interrogations with hostage takers and terrorists, and personal photos from the agents’ collections.
Hafenpolizei is a German television series.
Michael has been involved in organized crime all of his adult life, working for his friend and the gang leader Ronnie. When Ronnie begins to hint at retirement, Michael too begins to imagine another life. Because, for the first time in his life, Michael is in love. For the first time in his life, he sees beyond the day-to-day, he sees a future: something to win and something to lose - Diana.
Joint Venture follows the story of a drug dealer involved in cannabis drug trafficking in the criminal underworld of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Blaulicht is a German crime television drama series, whose 29 episodes were based on crime case files.
Romanzo criminale is a TV show that explores the rise of the Banda della Magliana, a notorious Italian criminal gang, and their involvement in illegal activities such as narcotrafficking and organized crime. Set against the backdrop of Italy's contemporary history, the show delves into the careers of these criminals and the violent world they inhabit.
This intoxicating cocktail of crime thriller and family saga in the early '80s follows the Lords - a family of South London gangsters - who recognise a golden opportunity to re-capture their former glory on the Costa Del Sol.
In order to accomplish his mission, the stakes are high as Xiao Bao pits his intelligence in a story revolving around a series of scammers involved in counterfeit drugs and other criminal activities.
A deep dive into the international motorcycle club the Hells Angels, with access to former chapter presidents, undercover agents who risked their lives to infiltrate the group and others who witnessed the criminal activities to reveal that the Hells Angels were a much more violent, devious, and highly organized group than anyone realized.
It follows the rise and fall of the American financier and ponzi schemer: Madoff.
Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
The Public Enemy follows the rise and fall of Tom Powers and his best friend Matt Doyle, as they work their way up the ranks of the Chicago gangster underworld. Fueled by prohibition-era bootlegging and violence, Tom becomes a powerful crime boss. However, the consequences of his criminal lifestyle and the ruthless world he inhabits eventually catch up with him, leading to tragic consequences.
After being falsely accused of an armored car robbery in Kansas City, a retired cop seeks to clear his name and exact revenge on those responsible.